George Blake
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| Died | 26 December 2020, Moscow |
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| Occupation | SIS officer; Soviet agent |
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George Blake was a MI6 officer who spied for the Soviet Union. He was convicted in 1961 and escaped from prison in 1966. He died in Russia in December 2020, aged 98.[1][2]
Espionage, conviction and escape
Blake passed SIS secrets to the KGB. In 1961 he was sentenced to 42 years in prison. In 1966 he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs and reached Moscow.[3][2] Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service announced his death.[4]
Notes
- ↑ George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia, BBC News, 26 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George Blake, notorious cold war double agent, dies aged 98, The Guardian, 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Obituary: George Blake, BBC News.
- ↑ Cold war British-Soviet double agent George Blake dies at 98 - RIA, Reuters, 26 December 2020.